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March 2018 • Vol. 11 No. 3
20 MINUTES WITH . . . Joe McClure, McClure’s Pickles. (see page 32)
CHAMBERS STEPS DOWN GOLD FOR EASTER APP Foodstuffs took home several awards at the NZ Direct Marketing Awards for 2018. Its beloved Little Garden was awarded a Silver, recognising yet another environmentally friendly, fresh food promotion with an incredible impact on consumer behaviour and their health as well as the future of NZ’s bee and butterfly colonies. New World Clubcard continues to be recognised with another two Bronze awards to add to a long list of accolades. Pak’nSave’s Sticky Club took home its first award with a Silver. The programme looks to be an increasingly popular and expanding development for Foodstuffs. Finally, the biggest winner of all with three golds was New World’s Epic Easter Hunt virtual reality game and app. This had children of all ages (including some of the adults) racing around the store looking for hundreds of thousands of free eggs. While there is a cast and crew behind this amount of work, Foodstuffs would especially like to congratulate Nicky Ward, Eugene Ruane, Stephanie Pyne and Lauren Ness from Foodstuffs NZ, along with Justin Waddell, Kent Mahon, Phil Write and Gordie McCoy from Foodstuffs South Island. n
HEALTH STAR REMOVED
Nestlé is removing the 4.5 health star rating from its Milo powder. Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said Milo has a 4.5-star rating – out of a possible five stars – despite the fact it is almost 50 percent sugar. Milo’s high rating is based on the drink being made with skim milk. On its own, the powder only earns 1.5 stars. “It’s the skim milk that boosts the number of stars. But our research found that most Milo drinkers prepare the drink with standard blue top or full-cream milk,” said Chetwin. The 4.5-star rating will disappear from Milo powder in June. n
Countdown has announced that managing director Dave Chambers will leave the business in June. Chambers has been with Countdown and Progressive Enterprises for 39 years in total and has been managing director on two occasions. He has also spent a year as director of Woolworths Supermarkets in Australia. Chambers said that Countdown business is performing strongly and because of this momentum he can now leave the business confident that it is well placed to continue on this trajectory. “I am proud to leave the business performing strongly with a committed and passionate team that care about each other, our customers, our suppliers and the communities we operate in,” said Chambers. “I am delighted with the transformational work we have undertaken around team culture and I am also proud of the way Countdown leads the industry in a number of important ways, including being New Zealand’s first supermarket to phase-out caged eggs and singleuse plastic carrier bags.” Chambers added that he will miss the team and
the incredible rush of retail, but the time feels right to take some time out to travel with his family before looking for a new challenge. “Dave has contributed a huge amount to this business, including moving to Australia at the drop of a hat to help stabilise our business here, and then, a year later, moving back to New Zealand to implement a new strategic direction for the business there,” said Woolworths Group CEO, Brad Banducci. “He leaves our NZ business in good heart, and I want to thank him for his important contribution to the Group and wish him well into the future.” A successor for Dave Chambers will be announced at a later date. n
FARRO STEPS IN
NEW HOME FOR SAUCES
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Heinz Wattie’s to acquire the food and instant coffee business of Cerebos Gregg’s subject to a divestment undertaking. The divestment will include licences for Gregg’s brand for the New Zealand supply of red sauce (tomato sauce and ketchup), barbeque sauce and steak sauce, and the F. Whitlock & Sons brand for the supply of Worcestershire sauce in NZ. In November last year, Heinz Wattie’s applied to the Commission and competition authorities in Australia and Singapore to acquire Cerebos Gregg’s as part of an international transaction. In making its decision, the Commission primarily considered competition issues in the national markets for the manufacture, importation and wholesale supply of a number of table sauces to supermarkets and the food service industry. “We believe the merger of the number one and two wholesale suppliers to supermarkets of red sauce, barbeque sauce, steak sauce and Worcestershire sauce would be likely to result in a substantial lessening of competition in each of these markets. “However, we consider the divestment offered by Heinz Wattie’s is sufficient to remedy the competitive harm the merger would cause and we have given clearance to the merger subject to the divestment undertaking,” Commission chair Dr Mark Berry said. n
FRESHEN UP THE
Farro Fresh has announced it has a conditional agreement to purchase the business assets of the Grocers Market (originally known as Mt Eden Nosh), from receivers, and plans to reopen the site as Farro’s sixth Auckland store in the next couple of months. CEO Bryce Howard believes the Mt Eden site will be a great addition to the Farro family of stores and the new store will help the company to further support the small artisan food community in New Zealand. “We were approached by the receivers and we felt it was the right time. The site location, parking and street-level access is all very good and we feel can deliver the full Farro offering within the current footprint,” said Howard. Farro has maintained a strong commitment to supporting over 550 small New Zealand artisan food producers over the last 12 years. Farro will help the Receivers manage the remaining stock from the previous owner, Aaron Drever. Most of the perishable goods will be donated to the food rescue charities Farro supports. Any outstanding debts to current supplier’s rests with the Receivers and Liquidators. n
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